1. Paediatrics Review.
- Author
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Coulter, J. B. S.
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PEDIATRICS , *CHILD mortality , *INFANT mortality , *MENINGITIS in children , *SEPSIS , *PREVENTION - Abstract
The article offers information about treating or managing severe bacterial infections in newborns and young infants. It discusses neonatal mortality, highlighting the risk of moderate-severe neurodevelopmental impairment in survivors of neonatal meningitis. Other information such as several initiatives to mitigate mortality from sepsis in young infants such as identifying clinical signs of severe illness is presented.
- Published
- 2015